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JA
Juan Acosta Jaramillo
Juan Acosta Jaramillo

Assoc Professor

Geneticist and Tree Improvement

JA
Jose Alonso Bellver headshot
Jose Alonso Bellver

Professor

Hormone signal integration, Translation regulation

919-515-2292
DA
David Andow
David Andow

Head

Ecology, Insect Resistance Management, Science Policy

919-515-4663
TA
Trino Ascencio-Ibanez
Trino Ascencio-Ibanez

Teaching Professor

Plant responses to virus infection.

HA
Hudson Ashrafi
Hudson Ashrafi

Assoc Professor

blueberry breeding, genetic mapping

919-515-1216
DA
David Aylor
David Aylor

Assoc Professor

molecular biology, genetic variation, disease

CB
Christa Baker headshot
Christa Baker

Asst Professor

animal behavior, neural recordings, connectomics, genetic tool building

KB
Katie Barnhill headshot
Katie Barnhill

Senior Research Scholar

Environmental Justice, Gene Drive Governance

RB
Richard Blanton
Richard Blanton

Professor & Director of Plant Biology Graduate Programs

919-513-2181
PB
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown

Assistant Teaching Professor

919-513-0309
MB
Martha Burford Reiskind pictured in a navy blue shirt in front of a red background in Talley Student Union.
Martha Burford Reiskind

Director of GGA Graduate Programs, Associate Professor

ZC
Zixuan Cang
MC
Mary Carbone
Mary Carbone

Research Scholar, Principal

919-513-8219
MC
Mallory Choudoir
Mallory Choudoir

Asst Professor

Microbial ecology, Agroecosystems

CC
Christina Cowger
Christina Cowger

USDA Plant Pathologist & Adjunct Professor

919-513-7388
FD
Francis de los Reyes III headshot
Francis de los Reyes III

Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor

919-515-7416
AD
Alli Duffy
Alli Duffy

Assistant Research Professor

SE
Stef Elorriaga
Stef Elorriaga

Research Scholar, Associate

ME
Headshot Mary Elting.
Mary Elting

Associate Professor

PE
Patricia Estes
Patricia Estes

Assoc Teaching Professor

MF
Miriam Ferzli
SG
Shobhan Gaddameedhi
Shobhan Gaddameedhi

Assoc Professor

Environmental Health, Genotoxic Stress

919-515-3388
JG
Joe Gage, with glasses and a red shirt in Talley Student Union.
CG
Claire Gordy white black sweater in front of red background in Talley Student Union.
Claire Gordy

Head of GGA Education Committee, Associate Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences

FG
Fred Gould headshot
Fred Gould

GGA Executive Director, Genetic Engineering & Society Co-Director

Executive Director of the GGA

919-832-8633
AG
Amy Gruden headshot
Amy Grunden

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor; University Faculty Scholar

919-513-4295
CH
Chris Halweg
Chris Halweg

Associate Teaching Professor

CH
Christine Hawkes headshot
CH
Caiti Heil headshot
GH
Gary Hodge
Gary Hodge

Professional Paid Hourly

919-515-6427
SH
Skylar Hopkins
JH
Julie Horvath
Julie Horvath

Unpaid Faculty All Ranks

Lemur genomics

LH
Lily Hughes
Lily Hughes

Research Assistant Professor

XJ
Xinge Jeng
WJ
Whitney Jones
Whitney Jones

Assoc Teaching Professor

SK
Sophia Kathariou
AK
Albert Keung
LK
Liz Kierepka
Liz Kierepka

Assistant Research Professor

WK
Will Kohlway IV
AL
Alice Lee
Alice Lee

Assoc Teaching Professor

JL
Joy Little
WL
Wusheng Liu
AL
Alun Lloyd headshot
AL
Anna Locke
SM
Steve McKeand
KM
Kathryn Meurs
Kathryn Meurs

Dean - Veterinary Medicine

919-513-6210
NN
Nanette Nascone-Yoder
Nanette Nascone-Yoder

Professor, Univ Fac Scholar

DN
Dahlia Nielsen
Dahlia Nielsen

Director of GGA Science Communication

919-515-2586
RP
Ryan Paerl
XP
Xinxia Peng
MR
Melissa Ramirez wearing a gray sweater vest in front of a red background in Talley Student Union.
Melissa Ramirez

Director of Genetics & Genomics Academy Undergraduate Programs, Associate Teaching Professor

DR
David Reif
David Reif

Adjunct Professor

JR
Jean Ristaino
Jean Ristaino

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor

919-515-3257
HS
Henry Schaffer
Henry Schaffer

Professor Emeritus

BS
Bruce Schulte
Bruce Schulte

Department Head of Biological Sciences

MS
Melanie Simpson
Melanie Simpson

Professor and Department Head

RS
Robert Smart
Robert Smart

Professor and Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Molecular Toxicology

919-515-7245
AS
Anna Stepanova pictured in a blue floral shirt and scarf in front of red background in Talley.
Anna Stepanova

Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology, GGA Executive Committee Member

919-515-5729
SS
Steven Suter headshot
Steven Suter

Professor (Medical Oncology)

919-513-0813
QW
Qingshan Wei
FW
Fred Wright
Fred Wright

Professor

Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics

CY
Craig Yencho
Craig Yencho

Distinguished Professor and Program Lead, Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding and Genetics Programs

919-513-7417
JY
Jeff Yoder with suit jacket and tie against red background in Talley Student Union.
Jeff Yoder

Executive Director, Genetics and Genomics Academy; Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Associate Member, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

919-515-7406
CZ
Chengsong Zhao
Chengsong Zhao

Senior Research Scholar

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Department of Animal Science

Department of Applied Ecology

DA
David Andow
David Andow

Head

Ecology, Insect Resistance Management, Science Policy

919-515-4663

Department of Biological Sciences

DA
David Aylor
David Aylor

Assoc Professor

molecular biology, genetic variation, disease

CB
Christa Baker headshot
Christa Baker

Asst Professor

animal behavior, neural recordings, connectomics, genetic tool building

PB
Phillip Brown
Phillip Brown

Assistant Teaching Professor

919-513-0309
MB
Martha Burford Reiskind pictured in a navy blue shirt in front of a red background in Talley Student Union.
Martha Burford Reiskind

Director of GGA Graduate Programs, Associate Professor

AD
Alli Duffy
Alli Duffy

Assistant Research Professor

PE
Patricia Estes
Patricia Estes

Assoc Teaching Professor

MF
Miriam Ferzli
SG
Shobhan Gaddameedhi
Shobhan Gaddameedhi

Assoc Professor

Environmental Health, Genotoxic Stress

919-515-3388
CG
Claire Gordy white black sweater in front of red background in Talley Student Union.
Claire Gordy

Head of GGA Education Committee, Associate Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences

CH
Chris Halweg
Chris Halweg

Associate Teaching Professor

CH
Caiti Heil headshot
JH
Julie Horvath
Julie Horvath

Unpaid Faculty All Ranks

Lemur genomics

WJ
Whitney Jones
Whitney Jones

Assoc Teaching Professor

AL
Alice Lee
Alice Lee

Assoc Teaching Professor

JL
Joy Little
DN
Dahlia Nielsen
Dahlia Nielsen

Director of GGA Science Communication

919-515-2586
MR
Melissa Ramirez wearing a gray sweater vest in front of a red background in Talley Student Union.
Melissa Ramirez

Director of Genetics & Genomics Academy Undergraduate Programs, Associate Teaching Professor

DR
David Reif
David Reif

Adjunct Professor

HS
Henry Schaffer
Henry Schaffer

Professor Emeritus

BS
Bruce Schulte
Bruce Schulte

Department Head of Biological Sciences

RS
Robert Smart
Robert Smart

Professor and Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Molecular Toxicology

919-515-7245

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Department of Chemistry

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

FD
Francis de los Reyes III headshot
Francis de los Reyes III

Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor

919-515-7416

Department of Clinical Sciences

Department of Computer Science

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences

Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

JA
Juan Acosta Jaramillo
Juan Acosta Jaramillo

Assoc Professor

Geneticist and Tree Improvement

KB
Katie Barnhill headshot
Katie Barnhill

Senior Research Scholar

Environmental Justice, Gene Drive Governance

SE
Stef Elorriaga
Stef Elorriaga

Research Scholar, Associate

GH
Gary Hodge
Gary Hodge

Professional Paid Hourly

919-515-6427
LK
Liz Kierepka
Liz Kierepka

Assistant Research Professor

WK
Will Kohlway IV
SM
Steve McKeand

Department of Horticultural Science

WL
Wusheng Liu
CY
Craig Yencho
Craig Yencho

Distinguished Professor and Program Lead, Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding and Genetics Programs

919-513-7417

Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Mathematics

ZC
Zixuan Cang
AL
Alun Lloyd headshot

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

TA
Trino Ascencio-Ibanez
Trino Ascencio-Ibanez

Teaching Professor

Plant responses to virus infection.

MS
Melanie Simpson
Melanie Simpson

Professor and Department Head

Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

NN
Nanette Nascone-Yoder
Nanette Nascone-Yoder

Professor, Univ Fac Scholar

XP
Xinxia Peng
JY
Jeff Yoder with suit jacket and tie against red background in Talley Student Union.
Jeff Yoder

Executive Director, Genetics and Genomics Academy; Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Associate Member, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

919-515-7406

Department of Physics

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

JA
Jose Alonso Bellver headshot
Jose Alonso Bellver

Professor

Hormone signal integration, Translation regulation

919-515-2292
RB
Richard Blanton
Richard Blanton

Professor & Director of Plant Biology Graduate Programs

919-513-2181
MC
Mary Carbone
Mary Carbone

Research Scholar, Principal

919-513-8219
MC
Mallory Choudoir
Mallory Choudoir

Asst Professor

Microbial ecology, Agroecosystems

AG
Amy Gruden headshot
Amy Grunden

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor; University Faculty Scholar

919-513-4295
CH
Christine Hawkes headshot
AS
Anna Stepanova pictured in a blue floral shirt and scarf in front of red background in Talley.
Anna Stepanova

Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology, GGA Executive Committee Member

919-515-5729
CZ
Chengsong Zhao
Chengsong Zhao

Senior Research Scholar

Department of Population Health and Pathobiology

Department of Psychology

Department of Statistics

XJ
Xinge Jeng
FW
Fred Wright
Fred Wright

Professor

Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics

Prestage Department of Poultry Science

School of Public and International Affairs